Apr 07, 2021, 15:31 IST
CHENNAI: A special court sentenced the actor couple Sarathkumar, Radhika and another person to one year s imprisonment and imposed a penalty of Rs 5 crores in connection with a 2018 cheque bounce case on Wednesday.
The case was pending since the year 2015 As per reports Radhika and Sarathkumar s production company Magic Frames had taken Rs 1.50 crore from Radiant Group and produced the movie called Idhu Enna Maayam which was directed by A.L. Vijay and starring Vikram Prabhu and Keerthy Suresh in the lead roles. Subsequently, Sarath had obtained a hand loan of Rs 50 lakh from Radiance Media In return, he had issued five cheques for Rs 10 lakh each.
TN polls: DMK-Congress alliance set for landslide victory, says Chidambaram after casting vote ANI | Updated: Apr 06, 2021 09:41 IST
Sivaganga (Tamil Nadu) [India], April 6 (ANI): The secular and progressive alliance of the DMK and Congress is all set for a landslide victory in Tamil Nadu said senior Congress leader P Chidambaram after casting his vote at a polling booth in Chittal Achi Memorial High School in Kandanur in Sivaganga district on Tuesday. Our secular progressive alliance is all set for a landslide victory as people of Tamil Nadu want a change, he said to the media after casting his vote.
Polling across 234 Assembly constituencies in 38 districts of Tamil Nadu started at 7 am.
Assembly elections 2021 Live news: Single-phase polls in Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Puducherry
All seats in Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Puducherry vote today . Bengal and Assam have third phase polls.
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DMK president MK Stalin casts his vote at Siet College, Teynampet ( ANI)
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Polling underway in all the 30 assembly seats in the union territory of Puducherry
The main fight is between the Congress -DMK alliance and the AINRC-BJP-AIADMK alliance.
For NDA, All India NR Congress is contesting in 16 seats, BJP in 9, AIADMK in 5
For UPA, Congress is contesting in 14, DMK in 13, and minor parties in 2 of the remaining
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Pollling underway in 40 seats in the third and final phase in Assam
Time for voters to have their say in Tamil Nadu
As for Stalin, his party has been out of power for two consecutive terms and is confident of victory now, keen as it is on exploiting anti-incumbency in a wave-less election.
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DMK president MK Stalin (L) and Tamil Nadu CM Edappadi Palaniswami (File photo | EPS)
A total of 3,998 candidates have taken position after high-octane political campaigning reached a heady crescendo during the last few days before one of the most riveting poll battles in the history of Tamil Nadu, scheduled for today. They will be vying for the preference of 3,19,39,112 women, 3,09,23,651 men and 7,192 transgender people to be elected across 234 constituencies to the 16th Legislative Assembly. For AIADMK’s Edappadi K Palaniswami and the DMK’s M K Stalin, it’s a do-or-die battle. Palaniswami’s last-minute announcements of 10.5% Vanniyar quota and 7.5% reservation for government school students in NEET as also a slew of
Demand for form-7A to be made available as text document to help visually-challenged still pending
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CHENNAI: Activists for differently-abled persons have been struggling for five years to make form-7A on the election commission website accessible to visually-challenged citizens to cast their vote independently.The document, which contains details of the candidate’s name, photo, party, symbol and other details is currently available as an image document on www.elections.tn.gov.in.
The image cannot be accessed by visually-challenged voters on the screen. If available as a text document, screen readers can read out the form to visually-challenged individuals to communicate the displayed text, thereby giving them access to cast their vote.